South Carolina

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — SunCap Property Group has acquired 30 acres within Palmetto Commerce Parkway in North Charleston with plans to develop a new industrial campus. The project, dubbed Palmetto Trade Center, will accommodate two buildings totaling 375,000 square feet. The property is located roughly 17 miles northwest of the Port of Charleston. Palmetto Trade Center I will total 141,000 square feet and is scheduled to break ground in May. McMillan Pazdan Smith is the project architect, and CBRE’s Charleston office will handle the campus’ leasing assignment. The project marks SunCap’s third project in the Charleston area since the company’s inception in 2009.  

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NEW YORK CITY — New York-based Hunt Mortgage Group has provided $187 million in refinancing for a portfolio of affordable and student housing properties located throughout Texas, Florida and South Carolina. The portfolio includes more than 3,500 units and 16 properties. The specific names and locations were not disclosed. The financing included $102 million in floating-rate debt through Freddie Mac and $83 million in fixed-rate financing through Fannie Mae. Hunt also provided a $2 million loan, as well as additional financing through its proprietary lending group. Hunt Mortgage originated the financing package on behalf of the borrower, Atlantic Housing Foundation, a community housing development organization in the affordable housing sector. The company plans to invest $14 million in the portfolio to make green improvements and other renovations.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Madison Capital Group and Chaucer Creek Capital, along with their capital advisor Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group, have broken ground on Sweetgrass at Bees Ferry, a 192-unit apartment community in Charleston’s West Ashley submarket. Patterson arranged a construction loan through Dallas-based Bank of Texas on behalf of the developers. The property is located within a master-planned, mixed-use development and is across from a proposed Harris Teeter grocery store. The initial units are expected to deliver in summer 2019.

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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — PMZ Realty Capital LLC has arranged a $19.5 million construction loan for the Hotel Indigo – Charleston, a 158-room hotel under construction in Mount Pleasant, roughly 10 miles northeast of Charleston. The name of the borrower was not disclosed. The hotel is located next to the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge and four miles from historic Charleston sites including The Market and The Battery. The hotel is scheduled to open later this year and will feature an onsite restaurant and bar, a resort-style pool and meeting and event spaces. The new hotel will be the first Hotel Indigo in the Charleston area.

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HANAHAN S.C. — West-Signal, a joint venture between an affiliate of North Signal Capital LLC and a fund managed by Westport Capital Partners LLC, has broken ground on a 340,000-square-foot industrial facility within North Pointe Commerce Park in Hanahan, roughly 15 miles northwest of Charleston. The partnership is developing the warehouse and production facility for Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), a technology integrator in the engineering, technical and information technology markets. SAIC’s primary client is the U.S. federal government. The LEED-certified building will feature tilt-up concrete construction, 32-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system and LED lighting. The building will also have the capacity to expand an additional 74,000 square feet. Evans General Contractors will design and build the facility, and Bank of America is providing construction financing for the project. West-Signal expects to deliver the facility in the fourth quarter. The joint venture acquired three developable sites along North Pointe Industrial Boulevard — collectively referred to as North Pointe Commerce Park — in late 2017 and is developing each one. The project will ultimately add approximately 715,000 square feet of industrial space to the greater Charleston area. The first building within the park is slated for delivery in September. Peter Fennelly, …

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FORT MILL, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $40 million sale of the Daimler Building, a 150,164-square-foot office building in Fort Mill, roughly 20 miles south of Charlotte in South Carolina. Rob Cochran, Jared Londry and Nolan Ashton of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Campbell Walker and Ridr Knowlton of Lincoln Harris, arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. Cantor Fitzgerald Investors LLC acquired the three-story building, which is fully leased to Daimler Trucks North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler AG. The building serves as the East Coast operations hub for Daimler Trucks North America, which has occupied the building since it was constructed in 2008.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. —  Entertainment concept Topgolf plans to open a new location at Garlington North, a 77-acre mixed-use project under development at Interstate 85 and Pelham Road in Greenville. Andy Misiaveg and Darrell Palasciano of The Shopping Center Group represented both Topgolf and owner/developer RealtyLink LLC in the lease negotiations. TSCG is the exclusive leasing advisor for the development. The three-story Topgolf venue will be situated on 13.5 acres in the northwest corner of the site, and will include 72 climate-controlled hitting bays that can host up to six players at a time. The facility will be the first Topgolf in South Carolina and is expected to open in summer 2019. Additional plans for the first phase of Garlington North include 24 acres of green space and preserved wetlands. There are three additional parcels available for sale or ground lease, and TSCG is pursuing restaurants, hotel chains, entertainment venues, retail and office tenants to round out Phase I. RealtyLink is considering retail, office, industrial and/or flex space for the second phase of the project. Site work is currently underway, but an additional construction timeline was not disclosed.

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SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Condor Hospitality Trust Inc. has acquired a 93-room Home2 Suites by Hilton in Summerville, roughly 25 miles northwest of Charleston. The Maryland-based hospitality REIT acquired the asset for $16.3 million. Everest Hotels Group developed the property, according to The Post and Courier. Inn Ventures, Condor’s management partner, will manage the property, which opened in 2017. The hotel features a business center, convenience shop, Spin2Cycle fitness and laundry facility, barbecue grills, a heater indoor pool and a firepit.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Miller-Valentine Construction has broken ground on Midway Logistics III, a 200,000-square-foot speculative industrial building located in Columbia’s 350-acre Lexington County Industrial Park. Magnus Development Partners is developing the project. The building, designed for distribution and light manufacturing tenants, will feature 30-foot clear heights, LED lighting, an ESFR sprinkler system, 21 dock doors, two drive-ins and entries for tenant offices. In addition, the site is designed to allow for a shared dock apron to support a future distribution facility on an adjacent lot. The project is on a 30-week construction schedule. In November, Miller-Valentine completed construction on the nearby Midway Logistics II. Lexington County Industrial Park is home to tenants such as Husqvarna, JamPak, Home Depot and Republic National Distributing Co. Colliers International is handling leasing for Midway Logistics III.

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LIBERTY, S.C. — Binswanger has brokered the sale of a 310,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 7240 Moorefield Memorial Highway in Liberty, a city in Upstate South Carolina. The single-story building is located roughly 17 miles west of Greenville and 35 miles from the Greer Inland Port. Doug Faris and Shaun Kirchin of Binswanger arranged the transaction on behalf of the buyer, Eliken Property Management LLC. Kidco Liberty LLC sold the property for an undisclosed price. Eliken plans to renovate the property to attract new tenants or investors.

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